Paul Head

Paul Head

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1965-07-01) 1 July 1965 (age 59) Forest Gate, Greater London
Sport
Sport	Hammer throw
Club	Newham & Essex Beagles AC
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria hammer 2002 Manchester hammer

Paul Head (born July 1, 1965, in Forest Gate, Greater London) is a male retired male hammer thrower from England.

Head competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best (74.02 metres) in 1990.

He competed in four successive Commonwealth Games; he represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand^[1][2] before winning a silver medal when representing England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[3][4] He represented England for the third time, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia^[5][6] and then won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.^[7]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	6th	68.14 m
	European Championships	Split, FR Yugoslavia	11th	72.68 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	20th (q)	68.52 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	22nd (q)	69.58 m
	IAAF World Cup	Havana, Cuba	6th	70.32 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	22nd (q)	68.88 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	70.18 m
	IAAF World Cup	London, United Kingdom	8th	68.38 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	70.36 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd	68.60 m

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